{
"id": "GHSA-gg9r-wr4p-w63h",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-40994"
],
"details": "Wss4jSecurityInterceptor initialized its BSP (WS-I Basic Security Profile) compliance flag so that inbound validation disabled WSS4J BSP enforcement on RequestData. Services that validate WS-Security on the network could therefore accept messages that violate BSP rules, weakening protocol-level checks.\n\nAffected versions:\nSpring Web Services 5.0.0 through 5.0.1; 4.1.0 through 4.1.3; 4.0.0 through 4.0.18; 3.1.0 through 3.1.8.",
"summary": "Spring Web Services: Wss4jSecurityInterceptor disables WS-I BSP validation by default",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.0.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security",
"ecosystem": "Maven"
},
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 5.0.1"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.1.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security",
"ecosystem": "Maven"
},
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 4.1.3"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.0.18"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security",
"ecosystem": "Maven"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.1.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.1.8"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security",
"ecosystem": "Maven"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-08-21T19:12:31Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"published": "2026-06-11T09:31:56Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40994",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40994",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1188"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-11T07:16:27Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-21T19:12:31Z"
}
}